Non-Family & Family Abductions, Endangered Runaways, Lost or Injured, and Unidentified ... These are our ~LostFaces~ of the Missing

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

The Search for Brandon Swanson Continues!

The search for 19 year old Brandon Swanson, missing from Marshall, Minnesota continues. Brandon has been missing since May 14, 2008.

This past weekend searches were done on a couple of river and stream sections hoping to find some evidence of Brandon's direction of travel from his car. It's with heavy heart that I tell you that we found nothing that tells us anything for sure. We do not plan a search for this coming weekend.(August 9-10)

However we will be conducting a group search on the weekend of August 16th & 17th.Search Director Gary Peterson and Sheriff Jack Vizecky will be coordinating and have asked that searchers meet at the Taunton Fire Hall at 8:30 a.m. We will be searching the ditches, rivers and stream areas that are of high interest.The more volunteers the better. Please come prepared to walk through tall grass & marsh areas as well as river/stream sections.

There will also be a Search and Recovery K-9 Unit out of Anoka County. Their search will begin on Friday the 15th through Sunday. They will be searching areas of interest as well as sending a cadaver dog in a boat to expand the river search father east on the Yellow Medicine River.The Search for Brandon Swanson

If you live in the area, and are interested in helping,Contact Search Coordinator Gary Peterson to volunteer at gary657@centurytel.net

A Search Fund has been set up at:Bank of the WestP.O. Box 5191410E. College DriveMarshall MN 56258.If you would like to contribute send your donationc/o "Brandon Swanson Search".

It took over ten years to finally make contact with my oldest son. Getting to know the young man, who used to be my 9-year-old twerp, has been an indescribable experience!

Due to 10+ years of extreme alienation, my second son was nervous to meet with me, at first. It didn't take long for his curiosity to overcome his fear, and now he calls me on the phone & emails me, quite often.

My third son has learned much about missing children/persons & his young life has been forever touched by my search for the 2 brothers he didn't even know. It was a joyous occasion when he finally got to meet both of his big brothers!
~Answered Prayers~

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This is probably quite a controversial question. After all, most of the people I post about has a loved one who is missing without consent.

A parent who adopted their child, signed 'the' paper. They gave permission to allow someone else to raise this child.

Adoption is an issue I have grappled with for quite some time. How dare a person who adopted their child out compare their situation to mine.

Yet as I read about the deception and confusion, in the adoption industry, I question my perhaps too harsh judgements...

Is an adopted child a missing person too?
You decide.

Walk thru the smokescreen and read what it's really like Surviving Adoption Loss from the natural mom's side of the story.Surviving Adoption Loss

BSE adoptee, I was neither "scooped" nor "snatched", but abandoned freely. I am working on coming to terms with that. This is a part of that work.
L'enfant du peche

My son paid over $26,000.00 in child support to his ex and was not ever allowed to see his children. Together he and I paid over $45,000.00 in attorney fees to fight this wrongful adoption.HERE IS THE TRUTH

The majority of society I have spoken to about adoption chose to see it as a beautiful act of love, apparently ignorant of the ugly truth lurking under all the gloss.
Living In The Shadows

She asked questions about me, constantly, until the people who adopted her, feeling insecure, told her a lie.....that I was dead. For years she searched for a grave.MotherhoodDeleted